{
  $path = $ENV{PATH} . ':' . $path;   # I want to add to the path not replace it
  $path = &launderFile($path);
  local $ENV{PATH} = $path;   # add the path we found to the environment variable
  delete @ENV{qw(IFS CDPATH ENV BASH_ENV)};   # Make %ENV safer
  $command = &launderName($command);
  if ($output eq $OUTHANDLER) {   # output is directed to a filehandler and returned as an array
    if (! open(CMD, "$command 2>&1 |")) {
      warn "In performLocalCommand(): Can't open $command for reading: $!";
      return;
    }
  }
}